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riser

  ('zər) pronunciation
n.
  1. One who rises, especially from sleep: She is a late riser.
  2. The vertical part of a stair step.
  3. A platform, as for elevating a group of people above a crowd, often arranged with similar platforms in tiers.

 
 

Small, portable platform or box used to elevate a camera, object, or person in order to improve a television shot; also called apple. A half apple is used when the desired height is lower than that achieved by use of a riser or apple.

 


1. The vertical face of a stair step.
2. Any upright face, as of a seat, platform, etc.
3. A platform on the stage of a theater or concert hall on which a performer is placed.
4. A water-supply, drainage, gas, steam, or vent pipe which extends vertically, one full story or more, to service several branches or a group of fixtures.
5. An electrical cable which extends vertically, one full story or more, to distribute electrical power to electric panels on the different floors of a building.
6. A duct, which extends vertically, one full story or more, to distribute air to branch ducts on the different floors of a building.
7. A vertical supply pipe for a fire sprinkler system.

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Wikipedia: riser (disambiguation)
  • In sand casting, a riser prevents shrinkage in metal cast parts during the solidification process.
  • In parachuting, a riser is one of several straps that attach the parachutist's harness to the suspension lines or shroud lines. Parachutes can be steered by pulling on one or more of the risers, to alter the shape of the inflated canopy, although in most modern parachutes, the primary control mechanism is through a pair of steering lines a.k.a. brake lines attached to the left and right trailing edge of the canopy and routed past the left and right rear risers.
  • In plumbing, sewage disposal or fire sprinkler systems, a riser is a pipe leading water upwards from the ground or sea-bed level. In domestic plumbing use, it is a shorter name for a rising main.
  • Similarly, in offshore oil rigs, the riser is used to extend the wellhead from the mudline to the surface.
  • In Oil Well Drilling operations, the RISER (a large diameter pipe) connects the BOP, installed on the wellhead on the ocean floor, to the drilling deck of the Oil Platform in Offshore Operations.
  • In structured cabling, the term riser is often used to describe the vertical telecommunications infrastructure in commercial buildings. Copper telecommunications cable extends vertically from the Main Distribution Frame (MDF) to Intermediate Distribution Frame (IDF) generally located on each floor of the building. The space utilized for this cable and the cables themselves are referred to as the riser system.
  • In a bow (weapon), the riser is the central part, or handle, where separate from the limbs.
  • In buildings, the stair riser is a component of steps in a stairway.

 
Translations: Translations for: Riser

Dansk (Danish)
n. - person, der står tidligt op, stigrør

Nederlands (Dutch)
verticaal deel van een traptrede

Français (French)
n. - lève-tôt/-tard, contremarche

Deutsch (German)
n. - Aufsteher, Setzstufe, Steigrohr

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αντιβαθμίδα, ποδιά/μετόπη βαθμίδας, αυτός που ξυπνά (π.χ. νωρίς)

Italiano (Italian)
ribelle, montante

Português (Portuguese)
n. - aquele que se levanta

Русский (Russian)
тот, кто просыпается и встает с постели

Español (Spanish)
n. - contrahuella de escalera, tubo de subida

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - sättsteg i trappa, morgontidig person

中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
起床者, 叛乱者, 起义者

中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 起床者, 叛亂者, 起義者

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 일어나는 사람, 반도, 폭도

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 蹴上げ, 起きる人, 起きるのが…の人, 起床者, 暴徒, けこみ板

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) المستيقظ من النوم‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮פני המדרגה, גובה מדרגה, קם, מתעורר, מגבה (במצנח), צינור אנכי לזרימת נוזל, מישור נמוך על הבמה ,באולפן וכו'‬


 
 

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